Sports Ethics Center, SON Academy Report Received Investigation Begins
Report received during preliminary investigation Director Son Woong-jung also to be investigated
The Sports Ethics Center, an organization dedicated to protecting human rights in the sports world, has also received a report regarding the SON Football Academy and its coaches amid the child abuse controversy, and has begun an investigation.
An official from the Sports Ethics Center told Newsis on the 17th, “We were conducting a preliminary investigation into the SON Academy when we received the report, and we began an investigation in accordance with our principles.”
The Ethics Center was previously conducting a preliminary investigation to determine whether there were any suspicions regarding the SON Academy, even though no report had been received from the victim.
The ethics center official explained, “We judged the matter to be serious and were conducting a preliminary investigation when we recently received a report.” Now
that the report has been received, the ethics center will begin a full-scale investigation.
The ethics center official said, “We will start with the reporter and conduct a reference investigation targeting people around them, and then investigate the person reported.”
If the ethics center determines that Son Academy has a problem such as child abuse, it will submit the case to the deliberation committee. If the deliberation committee decides that Son Academy requires disciplinary action, it will send a request for disciplinary action to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will implement the disciplinary action through the relevant association or other related organizations. Son Academy is a youth soccer training institute run by coach Son Woong-jung, the father of national soccer team captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham), and has recently been embroiled in a child abuse controversy. Coach Son Woong-jung and two other coaches were indicted in March on charges of child abuse, including verbal abuse and corporal punishment of their youth players, and are currently under investigation by the prosecution. In response, the Son Academy released a statement on the 26th of last month, saying, “I swear that the Academy leaders have never said or done anything that did not have love for the children,” but added, “We will reflect on the fact that we failed to keep up with the changing times and the standards set by the law and only guided the children in our own way.” 카지노사이트
